South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea: Identities, Norms and the Sunshine Policy

by Son; Key-young

• ISBN13: 9780415374385
• ISBN10: 0415374383
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This work is a fresh historical and theoretical exploration of the much-debated, but still elusive, question of the Korean divide. In contrast to much of the literature on the divide, which deals with state-building on the two sides of the Demilitarized Zone, this text sheds light on the slow, but steady process of homogenization between the two estranged peoples, as accelerated after the end of the Cold War and especially after the inauguration of President Kim Dae-jung in 1998. Providing immense empirical detail as well as theoretical debate on the ideas in policy shaping in South Korea, the book presents a rich history of enemies and covers issues including: * Overview of the structural shift and the rise and fall of identity groups in South Korea * History of "enemy-making" and "peace-building" * North Korea's external relations with the US, Japan and Europe * Hyundai's groundbreaking, cross-border tourism and other economic cooperation projects * The lingering nuclear weaponscrises. By focusing on the question of identities, the book presents a fresh approach one of the most important legacies of the Cold War and threat to peace in the contemporary world: the divided Korean peninsula. As such it fills a major gap in the literature, utilizing new theoretical and empirical frameworks to deal with the Korean division and its future implications in East Asia.

Author Biography

Son Key-young is a Lecturer in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	xi
Preface and acknowledgements	xii
List of abbreviations	xiv
Introduction	1	(10)
PART I Theorizing comprehensive engagement	11	(68)
1 The concepts of containment and engagement	13	(19)
Containment and engagement during the Cold War	14	(9)
Containment and engagement after the Cold War	23	(7)
Conclusion	30	(2)
2 Does comprehensive engagement exist in international politics?	32	(10)
US-North Korea relations	33	(2)
US-China relations	35	(1)
US-Vietnam relations	36	(3)
Inter-German relations	39	(3)
3 The conceptual framework of comprehensive engagement	42	(37)
The three levels of comprehensive engagement	45	(21)
The goals of comprehensive engagement	66	(3)
The South Korean decisionmaking process	69	(10)
Part II Operationalizing comprehensive engagement	79	(103)
4 Hyundai projects and the inter-Korean summit: a by-product or a buy-out?	81	(57)
Background	83	(2)
Three levels of comprehensive engagement	85	(48)
Summary	133	(5)
5 North Korea's nuclear ambitions: a bargaining chip or a bargaining goal?	138	(44)
Background	140	(9)
Three levels of comprehensive engagement	149	(31)
Summary	180	(2)
Conclusion	182	(7)
Appendix 1: The South-North Joint Declaration (15 June 2000)	189	(2)
Appendix 2: President Kim Dae-jung's Berlin Declaration (9 March 2000)	191	(6)
Notes	197	(15)
Bibliography	212	(29)
Index	241